2023-11-09 20:31:57
The Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior, Juan Zapata, anticipated that he will propose this measure to the Minister of National Defense of Colombia, Iván Velásquez, during a bilateral meeting that they will hold within the framework of the ministerial meeting of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) that will take place out in Brasilia.
In statements released by the Ministry of the Interior of Ecuador, Zapata explained that foreigners who are in Peru They have until November 10 to regularize their situation with a temporary residence permit, so those who do not complete the procedure may be expelled.
The head of the Interior portfolio commented that the Peruvian Migration Superintendency estimates that between 5,000 and 6,000 people will be expelled, the majority of Venezuelan nationality.
Juan Zapata Silva, Minister of the Interior of EcuadorImage: Fabián Colcha/National Assembly
Zapata asks for coordination for “direct transfer from Ecuador to Venezuela”
“The most appropriate roadmap that we are looking at is to create a humanitarian corridor so that from Perupeople who have not met this requirement will be transferred directly to Venezuela, but for that we also need to coordinate with the Colombian authorities,” said Zapata.
“We depend on Colombia, but I believe that this same measure works for Colombia, because it will want foreigners to pass without staying in its territory. It depends on the will of the three countries to establish these humanitarian corridors that allow us precisely to take them to their country of origin,” he added.
In this sense, he indicated that the Ministry of the Interior of Ecuador has requested the urgent creation of an inter-institutional committee to address this emergency in a joint and coordinated manner with other Government portfolios and international organizations and organizations such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Refugees (UNHCR).
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Reinforcement of two border crossings and reform of the Mobility Law in Ecuador
For the moment, the minister announced that attention will be reinforced at the two regular migratory crossings on the border between Ecuador and Peru, located in Huaquillas and Macará. Zapata also stressed the need for the National Assembly (Parliament), which will be installed on November 20, to make an urgent reform of the Mobility Law, which he defined as “the most fragile in the region,” as he regretted that They cannot request judicial records from those who enter the country with an identity card.
Ecuador is also carrying out a new regularization process for migrants who arrived in the country until June 3, 2022, which is expected to be accessed by more than 250,000 Venezuelans.
Of the more than 7.7 million Venezuelans who have emigrated from their country in recent years, just over 4.9 million are in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, according to the latest report from the Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V).
Colombia has hosted 2.89 million Venezuelans, in Peru there are 1.54 million and in Ecuador there are 475,000 Venezuelan people today, after some 25,000 have left the country in the course of 2023.
Ecuador’s concern about the possible expulsion of irregular foreigners in Peru occurs a few days after Hernán David Landaeta “Satanás” was arrested in the southern border province of Loja, wanted by the Colombian Justice and identified by the authorities as a member of the ” Tren de Aragua”, the largest Venezuelan criminal gang.
Two months ago, Minister Zapata denied any sign of activity in Ecuador of the “Train from Aragua“as apparently happens in its neighboring countries.
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Venezuela: a bleeding country
On December 6, parliamentary elections were held in Venezuela amid the worst crisis in years. Hunger and scarcity characterize daily life in the country. The need manifests itself in many ways.
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In 2018, the Caribbean nation recorded the highest inflation in its history: 65.374%, according to the German portal Statista. In the same year, the International Monetary Fund even calculated inflation at 1,370,000%. Due to the lack of foreign currency, hardly any goods can be imported. Shopping in supermarkets is impossible for most Venezuelans due to high prices.
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Feeding the poor in the city of Valencia, Carabobo state
Only those who bring their own plate or container can eat something. Even humanitarian aid organizations lack disposable cutlery. The once-rich country has been suffering a serious supply crisis for years. There is a shortage of everything: food, medicine and the most basic things, such as soap and diapers.
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Children are starving
In Caracas, children desperately extend their arms when Caritas or other organizations distribute food. Many have not eaten in days. 96 percent of households live in poverty, 64 percent in extreme poverty, according to a study by the Andrés Bello Catholic University. Meat, fish, eggs, fruits and vegetables are only served in very few families.
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Health system on the brink of collapse
Anyone who unfortunately has to go to a health center, like here at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in Caracas, has to pay for their own medications and supplies such as catheters and syringes. More than a third of the 66,000 licensed doctors have already left the country. The number of other health professionals has also been reduced, bringing the health system to the brink of collapse.
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Mud and wood as free construction materials
A child plays in his bahareque house, a type of house made of wood and mud whose construction dates back to pre-Columbian times. Due to increasing extreme poverty in rural areas, these structures are becoming more common again. Under these roofs there is no running water or electricity.
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There is no electricity in Venezuela
Permanent blackouts regularly paralyze the country. The opposition points to delayed investments, corruption and inadequate maintenance of electricity systems as the reasons. Therefore, the government took drastic measures to save electricity. For a time, public officials even reduced their workweek to two working days to save energy. Unsuccessfully.
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When the power goes out, it gets unbearably hot in the houses if you don’t have a working air conditioner. Then people move life to the streets, like here in Maracaibo. For years there have been power outages not only regionally in Venezuela, but also nationally. President Nicolás Maduro assures that his opponents carry out selective acts of sabotage against the infrastructure.
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In the Santa Rosa parish, in the city of Valencia, the water supply has collapsed to such an extent that people even bathe and wash their clothes and other things in puddles on the side of the road. There is no drinking water anymore.
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Only sewage and toxic chemicals flow into the Guaire River. In Venezuela, water and electricity are delicately interdependent: the lack of electricity and maintenance cracked the walls of the country’s reservoirs and the water level dropped. As a result, less electricity was generated at hydroelectric plants and blackouts occurred. A vicious circle.
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In Guacara, in the state of Carabobo, a resident walks the streets with plastic containers in search of drinking water. In some places in Venezuela there are only a few hours of running water three days a week. For this reason, many families quickly fill all the bottles and jars they can find to have some water when the drought returns.
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Venezuelans swim in oil, but not in a good way: in Lake Maracaibo, fishermen cast their nets from old tires, even though the water is contaminated with oil. The coasts are also affected. Due to leaks in oil pipelines and a breakdown at a refinery near Puerto Cabello, in the northwest of the country, some 20,000 barrels of crude oil spilled into the sea.
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“The people need gasoline”
In Guacara, in the state of Carabobo, people wait with their cars in front of service stations for more than two weeks to fill up with gasoline. Venezuela has to import oil from Iran because its own dilapidated oil plants can barely produce it. 10 years ago, the production rate was about 2.3 million barrels a day. Now it is less than half.
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Power supply collapsed
In Caracas, people wait in the street with their empty gas cylinders in the hope that they can finally refill them. As energy and gasoline sources repeatedly fail in Venezuela, people have switched to gas. But this resource has also become scarce.
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The halos faded
The faces of Hugo Chávez, Fidel Castro, Evo Morales and Rafael Correa look from the wall of a house in Caracas towards an overflowing garbage dump. Many Venezuelans revered the socialist leaders of Venezuela, Cuba, Bolivia and Ecuador as saints. In Venezuela, “21st century socialism” has not fulfilled its promise of prosperity for all.
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